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William Patenson, Blessed
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11542a.htm
English priest, martyred at Tyburn in 1592. During his imprisonment, he converted several of the inmates.
William of Wykeham
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15641a.htm
Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. (1324-1404)
William of Wayneflete
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15640b.htm
English bishop and chancellor. (d. 1486)
William of Ware
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15640a.htm
William de Warre, Guard, Guaro, Varro or Varron.
William of Vercelli, Saint
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15639b.htm
Founder of the Hermits of Monte Vergine, died 1142.
William of Tyre
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15639a.htm
Archbishop of Tyre and historian. (1130-1190)
William of St-Amour
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15637d.htm
Thirteenth-century theologian and controversialist. (d. 1273)
William of Shoreham
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15638c.htm
An English religious writer of the Anglo-Norman period, born at Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, in the latter half of the twelfth century.
William of Sens
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15638b.htm
A twelfth-century French architect, supposed to have been born at Sens.
William of Poitiers
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15637b.htm
Norman historian, born of a noted family, at Préaux near Pont Audemer, Normandy, about 1020.
William of Perth, Saint
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15637a.htm
Honored as a martyr because he was on pilgrimage to Jerusalem when murdered by his adopted son.
William of Ockham
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15636a.htm
Biographical article on the fourteenth-century Franciscan philosopher.
William of Norwich, Saint
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15635a.htm
William's corpse was found showing signs of a violent death. He is the earliest example of a medieval blood libel saint, having died in 1144. His biographer relied on hearsay, and was "a man of unlimited credulity."
William of Moerbeke
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15634a.htm
Short article by M. de Wulf on this learned man of the 13th century.
William of Malmesbury
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15633d.htm
Benedictine monk at Malmesbury Abbey.
William of Maleval, Saint
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15633c.htm
Also known as St. William the Great. Hermit, d. 1157.